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Re: Vim vs Elvis -- was "Mutt's Editor"



On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 10:00:15AM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 23:56, will trillich wrote:
> > according to packages.debian.org/vim:
> > 
> >     stable    18%   vim 5.6.070-1   (309.4k)
> >             Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
> > 
> > according to packages.debian.org/elvis:
> > 
> >     stable    17%   elvis 2.1.4-1   (493k)
> >             A much improved "vi" editor with syntax highlighting.
> > 
> > elvis's blue suede shoes look more piggish than vim's. nearly
> > by a factor of 2? or is it just docs?
> 
> If you want vim to be really useful you need the vim-rt package as well.
> I suspect that tips the balance.

i'd say!

what's this dependency thing listed for vim-rt? seems odd:

recommended:
	vim
suggested:
	exuberant-ctags
	or elvis

eh? elvis?

see http://packages.debian.org/vim-rt

-- 
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